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| Presentation Convent not paying Sanitation Fee | | Unholy nexus with SMC, Will new Commissioner probe it? | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Mar 3: As the unholy nexus between Presentation Convent School Srinagar and Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) continues, people expect the new Commissioner to probe the matter especially when it has been reliably learnt that the school has not been paying sanitation fee. Early Times has already exposed this unholy practice last year but till date no action has been taken by the authorities.
It is pertinent to mention that valley's top most school located in Srinagar's posh Rajbagh area is found to be involved in an unholy nexus with the employees of Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) from the last many years. The Presentation Convent according to official documents from SMC is not at all paying sanitation fee towards the SMC but on the other hand SMC lifts huge amount of garbage from Presentation Convent School on daily basis .
As per reliable information with Early Times Presentation Convent School Srinagar has a monthly income of more than 15 lakhs but it seems in no mood to pay mere Rs 3000 to Rs 4000 towards the SMC with proper receipt. This illegal practice has been authenticated by SMC's concerned Ward Officer revealed in a RTI reply.
The Safai Karamcharis of Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) regularly take out huge garbage from the school premises as more than 1700 students are on the school rolls at Presentation Convent School. This is not an allegation but the information has been provided by SMC under J&K RTI Act to a noted RTI Activist from Srinagar.
The RTI reply whose copy is also available with Early Times reveals that SMC officials are not charging any monthly fee from the Presentation Convent School management for lifting the huge garbage which gets accumulated in the school premises.
"Even if the monthly fee is collected that may be collected illegally by the SMC officials without giving any receipt to school authorities. The said fee instead of going to State treasury goes into the pockets of SMC employees attached with ward No. 30 Rajbagh . In this whole process the school management as well as SMC officials are involved as this is a scam " said an officer of SMC (name withheld)
"The SMC has never charged any fee from Presentation Convent School for lifting of huge garbage and this is the direct loss to State exchequer. Had SMC paid at least Rs 3000 per month towards SMC with proper receipt, the amount would have been in lakhs if calculated from the last ten years , but they (school management) are instead bribing the officials of this organization and this matter has to be probed. The unholy nexus between SMC & Convent school stands exposed" said Umar Javaid RTI Activist who sought these details from SMC
It is worth mentioning here that Presentation Convent School Srinagar is under possession of 90 kanals of State land which leased out to them many decades back by the Government. Irony is that the school management is paying mere Rs 12000 (Twelve Thousand Only) as annual rent for the said land which is having a market value of more than 500 crores as on date. Presentation Convent School is not at all a Non Profit Organisation as students in this school are charged very huge fee by the school management and on the other hand school has failed even to pay sanitation fee towards the Government (SMC). As per reliable information other reputed private schools are paying an amount of Rs 3000 per months towards SMC as monthly sanitation fee. |
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